With the game in hand and just over a minute on the clock, quarterback Jalen Hurts handed the ball to Barkley—who had a clear shot to score a touchdown from nearly 80 yards out. Knowing that they could kneel it out and secure the win, the running back decided to slide instead of hauling it to the end zone.

John Breech of CBS Sports and Dan Orlovsky of ESPN both backed the Rams publicly this week, and Garrett Podell, Breech’s colleague, recently joined the party with a bold — if not highly questionable — take on the Rams’ chances of containing Barkley this time around.